Here's a little photo update of what we have been up to the last couple of months...

Emmy turned 3 months!
Her sister still loves her a bunch!

Emmy thinks waking up at 5am is hilarious!

She jumped so much, she wore herself out. When I went to pick her up to put her to bed, she started jumping again (even though she was still half asleep).

Getting ready to roll. She LOVES to be on her tummy.

Loving her Minnie towel, just like her sister.

Finally found her toes.

Bella and Emmy kickin' it in the pool... in matching outfits... :)Swimming all by herself... sort of...

Bella loves to swim... and she looks so cute doing it.

We finally got to try out Grandma's new kayaks. Bella wanted to row the whole time... much to the dismay of Mommy and Daddy who kept getting smacked with the oars.

Bella got to paint the room she sleeps in at Grandma and Papa's.

All done!Teaching Emmy all about painting... as you can see, Emmy is very interested. This is the usual face she makes with Bella talks to her.

We went out to the coast for a few days and the last day (the only day I got my camera out) we went to the tide pools. After hiking ALL the way down and ALL the way back up we noticed the seals (sea lions?) all lounging on the rocks. This was also Emmy's first camping experience (and we did it without Daddy, that was a lot of fun for Mommy!)

Grandma checking out the tide pools.Bella had fun checking out the tide pools with Aunt Kellie. Thanks Aunt Kellie!

Emmy and I got to hang out on dry land and watch everyone scurry all over the rocks.

Hanging out with Papa.

Afternoon nap with Daddy.

2 months!

hmmm... they both look so excited...

4th of July! We went to see the fireworks (Bella still calls them fire trucks) at the convention center. One more things we did without Daddy, while he was home studying for his BIG TEST.

Bella is always instant friends with Gi and Kate's kiddos even though we don't get to see them nearly as much as we would like.
Floating with Reagan.

And floating with Daddy...

Action shot of Chance... I think he did about 20 cannon balls that day... :)

Reagan enjoying the waterfalls.

Double cannon ball!

Aly relaxing in the ring...

Bailey's turn in the waterfall.

The whole gang!

Just another cute pic of Em.

The whole family (well most of it, we're missing Jen and fam and Grant) at Emmy's blessing.

Our family of four.

Great Grandpa Carroll... I think he was getting ready to give her one of his signature BEAR HUGS. :)

Great Grandma Carroll.

Swimming for the very first time... the pool was too cold so we had to get into the hot tub (which wasn't very hot so it was more of a warm tub).Bella entertaining Emmy while she bounces... is that funny?!?!

Bella painted! It's poo-ple!

Bella loves to "help" Emmy swim...

Rollin' rollin' rollin'... the second time she rolled... the first time she did it wasn't expecting it so I was not prepared with the camera...

two months!?!?

I just realized that it has been two months since I did an update... although, now that I think about it, no one has asked me why there haven't been any updates so maybe no one reads this... so I guess I don't feel too guilty. :) In an effort to make sure that Emmy isn't the "neglected second child" that I claim to be, I will attempt an update for her sake.

Emmy is almost 4 months and is growing and developing by leaps and bounds. She is gaining more and more weight (12-13 lbs?). She has rolls and I LOVE them! Bella was always a skinny little thing and never really had rolls, but Emmy is making up for her. She's got rolls on her arms, legs, chin, wrists, you name it... this is, however, creating a problem in and of itself. She gets stuff (milk, spit up, lint, hair...) in her rolls and it can get pretty stinky some times. We still love those rolls and do our best to keep her as clean and fresh smelling as we can.
She LOVES to jump and jump and jump. And would rather be standing than sitting most of the time. She likes to be held upright and/or slightly tipped forward. She HAS to know what is going on around her and will most likely cry if you try to tip her back or (heaven forbid) lay her on her back. Some times we can get her to lay on her back under her play mat, but it usually doesn't last long and she usually wants you to entertain her the whole time (which kind of defeats the purpose). This has also become a problem since, in the last few days, she has figured out how to roll from her tummy to her back. The problem arises when she flips herself onto her back and then can't roll back the other way. So she gets stuck... and mad... it's no fun. I keep wanting to turn her back over, but how is she ever going to learn to roll back?
We are currently living at my parents house so Emmy sleeps in our room. This has good and bad qualities; I can get to her if she wakes up... but I think she's figured this out too and continues to wake up two, some times three, times a night.
We are excited to try some solid food in the next few weeks, but for the moment Emmy loves milk and formula. But I think she'll pretty much eat anything she can get in her mouth.
And she definitely loves to put everything she can get her hand on into her mouth. If there isn't something in there already (bottle, pacifier, toy...) you can bet that her hand is in her mouth. We should have know this from the start since she had a sore on her hand when she was born from sucking on her hand in utero. She loves her pacifier though and I'd rather have her be sucking on that than her thumb or finger, since I can eventually take that away (it's a little harder to take away her finger...).
Her big sister loves her... some times a little too much, I think. Bella loves to get right in her face. Emmy usually finds this hilarious, but for me it's a little too close for comfort. Every once in a while Emmy will grab a big handful of Bella's hair, so maybe Bella will keep her distance a little... maybe... but I doubt it. Emmy has finally started paying attention to her and Bella can usually get a laugh or two out of Em.
Em loves to talk (in fact she's talking to the animals on her swing right now...). She's continually making noises. One of her favorite noises to make is a screech! Her nicknames change between hawk, eagle and pterodactyl (though her usual nickname is Bug) depending on the noise she's making. It's pretty funny and I think she might think that what she's doing is talking because if you do it back to her, she'll stop and listen to you.
That's it for now... we'll see if I can get some pictures up soon.

pictures from my camera...

Emmy's first picture... still a little puffy... ;)

Only home a few hours and already board.

Loves sleeping her boppy.

Bella sitting in time out... she looks heart broken... or not... she's actually playing.

So excited to hold baby sister.

The ladies in our ward had a baby shower for Emmy and me. Bella was a little mad that she didn't get to go, but she had fun re-opening all the presents when we got home.

Lily and Bella reading a bedtime story to each other while they were out here from Connecticut last month.

Bella was having a little spa day.

She even gave her heels a little buff...

All smiles.

While we were in Corvallis for Dusty's graduation we got to see some of our friends that still live in the area. We haven't seen Cole in over 2 years... he's HUGE! ;)
Bella was trying to kneel like Cole... and it wasn't working...

This is a little better...

As soon as we got there Lizzy ran up to Bella and said, "You're my friend!" and that was all it took. These two were instantly best friends again. They were following each other all around the park and were inseparable the whole time. It was so cute.

Usually Bella is scared to death of sitting in the front seat (don't as me why). While driving home from Corvallis yesterday we stopped so Bella could get out and run around and so Emmy could eat and Bella decided that she wanted to "drive."

She's a safe driver, she always checks her blind spot...

She was making the car "honk" and she thought it was hilarious.